Sheet-metal can.



No. 799,820. PATENTED SEPT. 19, 1905. J. M. YOUNG & C. M. SYMONDS. SHEET METAL CAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. YOUNG AND CLARENCE M. SYMONDS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALI- FORNIA, ASSIGNORS TO AMERICAN CAN COMPANY, OF NEI" YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

cover for'opening and closing the can as the contents are used and provided with a protec'tivefrangible seal adapted to bear the name Specification of Letters Patent. Application fil d March 18, 1905- Serial No. 250,724.

or trade-mark of the manufacturer of the mabreakage or injury during handling and shipment of the empty cans from the factory to the packing-house where the cans are filled.

o 1 Our invention consists in the means we employ to practically accomplish this object or i resultthat is to say, it consists in a can hava ing a top or head at one end furnished with a removable cover adapted to open and close the can as its content-s are being used and with Patented Sept. 19, 1905.

or bottom end and having a bottom head secured or adapted to be secured thereto after the can is filled.

Our invention also consists in the novel construction of parts and devices and in the novel combinations of parts and devices herein shown or described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a can embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view. Fig. 3 is a top or plan view with the removable or friction-cover removed; Fig. 4: is a detail sectional view showing the top head of the can with friction-cover applied before said friction top or head is seamed to the can-body. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional View of the removable-cover-receiving top or head of the can before being secured to the can-body and before the removable cover is applied. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the can after it has been filled and before its bottom head is seamed or secured to the body thereof. Fig. '7 is a sectional view showing a modification. In the sectional. views the thickness of the parts and the clearance-space between adjacent parts are exaggerated for clearness of illustration.

In the drawings, A represents the can-body of any suitable kind or form.

B is the removable-cover-receiving head or top, the same having a large opening B therein, adapted to be closed by a removable cover D, the head or top B being preferably i a friction top or head and the removable cover D being. preferably what is commonly known a protective seal of panier, parchment, or other 5 thin easily-removable material and adapted to bear the name or trade-mark of themanul is filled.

facturer or person putting up the goods in the 4 can, the frangible seal being permanently secured to the can or its head and fitting directly against and protected from breakage or injury by the removable cover of the can, said can having a bottom head adapted to be seamed 45 or otherwise secured to the .body after the can has been filled.

Our invention further consists in a frictiontop can having'a top or head furnished with a seat for a friction-cover, and a friction-cover 5 for closing the opening in said friction-top,

and a frangible seal seamed or, secured to said friction-top inside the friction-cover, said can V i being adapted to be filled through the lower l preferably provided atitsother end with an exin the art as a friction-cover, and C is the bottom head of the can, which is seamed or otherwise secured to the body after the .ca

.side and against or closely adjacent to the removable cover D and supported and protected from perforation, breakage, or injury by said removable cover.

- The can-body A is preferably provided with an outwardly-projecting seaming-flange a at its bottom or filling end, adapted to be folded into a double, rolled, or other seam a with the seaming-flange c of the bottom head C after the can is filled. The can-body A is also strengthen the same and enable the cover to ing a channel to receive the end of the canternally-projecting seaming-flange 1 adapted to be folded or rolled into a double or other seam a with the seaming-flange b of the removable-cover-receiving head B of the can.

The removable-cover-receiving head B of the can is preferably countersunk or furnished with a depending flange 5', thus formbody and a raised shoulder or rim 6 at the upper end of the can-body when the head B is seamed to the body. The'removable-coverreceiving head B is further preferably provided with a depending cover-seat wall or flange 7), adapted to tightly engage the corresponding wall or flange (Z of the removable cover D and form a tight and secure joint therewith. The frangible protective paper, parchment, or other thin material seal F may be permanently secured to the head B over the opening B therein by any suitable means. 'e prefer, however, to so secure the frangible seal F to the head B by means of a sheetmetal connecting-ring'G, snugly fitting and surrounding the friction-seat wall or flange 7) of the friction-top B and having a horizont-al inwardly projecting flange g furnished with folds or flanges g gi'between which the edge or rim of the frangible seal F is clamped. In the modification illustrated in Fig. 7 the frangible seal F is permanently attached to the head B by means of connecting-ring G, having a single flange 1, between which and the lower edge of the flange b of the top or i head B the frangible seal F is clamped. The I ring G in both constructions is forcibly pressed upon and surrounds the depending flange or 5 wall 6 of the removable-cover-receiving head The removable cover D is preferably furnished, in addition to the depending wall or flange (I, with a horizontally-projecting rim 7', having a fold d at its outer edge to be readily pried off by any suitable lever or tool over the shoulder 6 at the top edge of g the can as fulcrum, thus enabling the can to be easily opened.

The frangible seal F is preferably made of paper or parchment-paper and may have printed or stamped thereon any suitable trademark or name indicating the manufacture or origin of the goods contained in the can.

The can as manufactured at the'can-factory has the head B, with the frangible seal F firmly attached thereto, permanently seamed to the can-body and also the removable cover 1 D securely seated in the head B, thus securely l protecting the frangible seal F from mutilation or injury. After the can is filled the bottom head (3 is likewise seamed to the can-- body. The filled can now cannot be opened or its contents used without first removing the removable cover D in the usual manner and then destroying the frangible protective l and goods-identifying seal F; nor can the can F be again refilled with spurious articles and 1 again used, as another frangible seal F cannot be applied to the head B after said head B has once been seamed to the can-body.

\Ve claim- 1. In acan or vessel, the combination with a body and a removable cover-receiving head secured to the body. a removable cover closing the opening in said head, a connectingring secured to said head, and a frangible protective seal secured to said head inside the same by said connecting-ring, substantially as specified.

2. In a can or vessel, the combination with a body and a removable cover-receiving head secured to the body, a removable cover 0105'- ing the opening in said head, a connectingring secured to said head, a frangible protective seal secured tosaid connecting-ring inside said, cover and head, substantially as specified. I 3. In a can or vessel, the combination with a body and a removable cover-receiving head secured to the body, a removable cover closing the opening'in said head, a frangible protective seal and a connecting-ring secured to said head and having clamping-flanges embracing said frangible protective seal, substantially as specified.

4. A can or vessel-having a sheet-metal friction-head provided with a removable coverengaging wall, a removable friction-cover closing the opening in said friction-head, and

a frangible seal secured to said head, a con necting-ring secured to said head inside the same inside said friction-cover by said conmeeting-ring, substantially as specified.

5. A can or vessel having a sheet-metal friction-head provided with a removable coverengaging wall, a removable friction-cover closing the opening in said head inside said friction-cover, a frangible seal insidesaid cover and a connecting-ring having flanges between which said seal is clamped, substantially as specified.

6. A can or vessel having a sheet-metal friction-head provided with a removable coverengaging wall, a removable friction -cover closing the opening in said head, a frangible seal inside said friction-cover and protected thereby, and a connecting-ring secured to said friction-head and to which said seal is secured, substantially as specified.

' 7 A can or vessel having a sheet-metal fric-- tion-head provided with a friction-seat wall,

; a removable friction-cover closing the opening in said head, a paper seal inside said friction-cover, and a connecting-ring fitting and surrounding said friction-seatwall or flange ofthe head to which ring said paper seal is secured, substantially as specified.

JNO. M. YOUNG. C. M. SYMONDS. Witnesses:

J. R. MAGILL, CHARLES S'roU'r.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 799,S20,-granted September 19, 1905,

upon the application of John M. Young and Clarence M. Symonds, of San Francisco, California, for an improvement in Sheet-Metal Cans, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows; On page 2,1ine 98, after the word head the clause a connecting-ring secured to said head inside the same should be stricken out and inserted after the word friction-head, in line 97, same page; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 10th day of October, A. D.; 1905;

[SEAL] e i F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents. 

